Warhammer 40K Preview

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By Jeff Tom

IGN is ripe with RTS previews, this time of Warhammer 40,000, from the RTS from Relic getting a ton of media coverage this week. Here's some background on the game:

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is somewhat of a hybrid between tactical games like Ground Control II and base building titles such as Warcraft III. The main reason for this is the way the game handles resources. Instead of harvesting minerals or some other precious natural resource, players will have to capture and hold victory nodes. They'll be your source of income throughout the game. Each team will also have to build power generators to be able to access some of the bigger weapons and vehicles. As many RTSs have been trying to do lately, this keeps the action turning as players are forced to get out onto the map in order to capture victory locations or face a grisly death at the hands of a much better equipped enemy.